TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wiesel, Elie, 
TI  - Wise men and their tales : : portraits of biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic masters 
SN  - 0805211209
AV  - BS571  .W5485 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Schocken Books
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Biography
KW  - Bible.
KW  - Legends
KW  - Talmud
KW  - Hasidim
KW  - Hasidim--Legends
N1  -  	Ishmael and Hagar --
Lot's wife --
Aaron and his problem of innocence --
Miriam the prophetess and her melancholy fate --
Nadab and Abihu: a story of fire and silence --
Esau and Jethro: gentiles in the Bible --
Gideon, a judge who is special --
Samson: the weakness of a hero --
Saul and his lost kingdom --
Samuel and the quest for mercy --
Isaiah, a prince of prophets --
Hoshea: the strangest of all prophets --
Rabbi Tarfon's humility --
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi --
Abbaye and Rava: the greatness of dialogue --
Converts in the Talmud --
Talmudic sketches --
Zanz and Sadigur --
The world of the Shtetl
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